Apex Legends devs planning Lifeline nerfs to balance healing & \u201cmeme\u201d ultimate\u201d Respawn EntertainmentLifeline is one of the most \u2018unbalanced\u2019 heroes in Apex Legends with an overpowered passive and an underwhelming ultimate, but the devs are planning to fix the issue in Season 9. Apex Legends Season 9 is still a while away, but the devs have already been working on some buffs and nerfs to address issues in the current meta. We already know Gibraltar and Horizon will receive some much-needed nerfs. However, it seems like Lifeline is going to get some, too. Apex Legends players have become increasingly frustrated with Lifeline\u2019s passive ability, Combat Revive, which allows her to deploy a drone to revive teammates and shield them from damage in the process. The consensus is it\u2019s too overpowered and needs a nerf. But at the same time, her ultimate has been underwhelming for a long time now. Fortunately, the devs talked about it in a recent thread, and it sounds like they\u2019ve got some interesting balance changes in mind. \u201cI think we should try a version without the shield and see how that goes,\u201d they said, in response to a question about Lifeline\u2019s passive. However, they understand removing it completely might \u201cgut her,\u201d so they\u2019re also flirting with the idea of adding a \u201cper-teammate cooldown\u201d to the shield. But it\u2019s not all doom and gloom. The developers also plan to give her \u201cmeme\u201d ultimate, which looks at a squad\u2019s loot and guarantees at least one upgrade, a much-needed buff. \u201cWe got a playlist in testing\u2026 that does some smart things about the ultimate,\u201d they said. \u201cAll we had to do was [apply] a minimum of smarts to picking what\u2019s in it, and suddenly the skill was good. I\u2019m not gonna talk about it much more because the earliest it might ship is Season 9. But I\u2019m hopeful, as someone who plays a lot of Lifeline and wishes her tactical and ultimate weren\u2019t memes.\u201d It\u2019s still in the early stages of planning and testing. However, the developers confirmed they are on the case. A lot can change in the two months leading up to the new season, and the changes might not survive the test of time. But the developers will almost certainly find a way to balance Lifeline without nerfing her into oblivion. We can\u2019t wait to see what solutions they come up with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs planning Lifeline nerfs to balance healing & \u201cmeme\u201d ultimate\u201d Respawn EntertainmentLifeline is one of the most \u2018unbalanced\u2019 heroes in Apex Legends with an overpowered passive and an underwhelming ultimate, but the devs are planning to fix the issue in Season 9. Apex Legends Season 9 is still a while away, but the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}